Robert Doran The Birth of a Worldview
Thomas F. Mathews The Clash of Gods
William G. Rusch The Trinitarian Controversy

We will be using Blackboard, and there is a course reader.
I have put many of the readings from primary documents on Blackboard.

REQUIREMENTS: Students are required to attend each class and to participate actively and intelligently in class discussion. This means that you must download and print off the primary readings from Blackboard so as to be able to work with them in class. There will also be four papers. Topics for each paper will be chosen by the student in consultation with me.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON PAPERS: I consider papers to be part of the learning process in this course. They are not simply quizzes on what you know, but enable me to help you both with content and also matters of style and structure. Therefore, papers should be handed in on time. If you are pressed to do this, please do not hesitate to ask for an extension of a few days. However, if the paper is not handed in by a week after its due date it loses its value as an educational tool and it will receive a 0 grade.

M. Cary, A History of Rome
Robert Doran, Birth of a Worldview
W.H.C. Frend, The Rise of Christianity
Thomas F. Mathews, The Clash of Gods
William G. Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy
Richard Norris, The Christological Controversy